From: Michal Sojka Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 10:29:27 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Re: Sending from multiple accounts X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0d92768a6d64edb3c54de816fa4ac62088a1f6a8;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: Sending from multiple accounts --- diff --git a/bb/250c5b22199cca069b316f5cdecf253b7f088c b/bb/250c5b22199cca069b316f5cdecf253b7f088c new file mode 100644 index 000000000..800328d6d --- /dev/null +++ b/bb/250c5b22199cca069b316f5cdecf253b7f088c @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B07F5431FBD + for ; Wed, 23 May 2012 03:29:30 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -2.3 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3] autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id Ck1GHF+aD9tx for ; + Wed, 23 May 2012 03:29:30 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from max.feld.cvut.cz (max.feld.cvut.cz [147.32.192.36]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B832431FAF + for ; Wed, 23 May 2012 03:29:30 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from localhost (unknown [192.168.200.4]) + by max.feld.cvut.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64A2D3CFE76; + Wed, 23 May 2012 12:29:29 +0200 (CEST) +X-Virus-Scanned: IMAP AMAVIS +Received: from max.feld.cvut.cz ([192.168.200.1]) + by localhost (styx.feld.cvut.cz [192.168.200.4]) (amavisd-new, + port 10044) + with ESMTP id EjUR17fDQwtk; Wed, 23 May 2012 12:29:27 +0200 (CEST) +Received: from imap.feld.cvut.cz (imap.feld.cvut.cz [147.32.192.34]) + by max.feld.cvut.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3E9C3CFE74; + Wed, 23 May 2012 12:29:27 +0200 (CEST) +Received: from steelpick.2x.cz (note-sojka.felk.cvut.cz [147.32.86.30]) + (Authenticated sender: sojkam1) + by imap.feld.cvut.cz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CAC5C660968; + Wed, 23 May 2012 12:29:27 +0200 (CEST) +Received: from wsh by steelpick.2x.cz with local (Exim 4.77) + (envelope-from ) + id 1SX8op-0005F1-Oc; Wed, 23 May 2012 12:29:27 +0200 +From: Michal Sojka +To: Doug Penner , + Notmuch Mail Mailing List +Subject: Re: Sending from multiple accounts +In-Reply-To: + +References: +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.13+14~g2d2a5a4 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.4.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 12:29:27 +0200 +Message-ID: <87likjur5k.fsf@steelpick.2x.cz> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 10:29:30 -0000 + +Hi Doug, + +Doug Penner writes: +> I am in the process of trying to migrate from alpine (which handles +> separate accounts *very* distinctly) to notmuch (which combines them). I +> have no problem with incoming e-mails being combined (actually looking +> forward to it) but am having a little trouble configuring outgoing e-mails +> to work correctly. +> +> I am currently using the vim interface (never like emacs, sorry) and have +> noticed that when replying, notmuch correctly uses the appropriate e-mail +> address (as defined in the To: or Cc: fields of the original), but does +> not have the ability to change the sender's "name". +> +> Ex: My "name" for my gmail account is "Doug Penner" (as you probably +> noticed with this on), but I also manage some other accounts where I do +> not go by this name. I manage a local organization's e-mail and need my +> sending name to be non-personal (ex: "This organization's Webmaster"). I +> can manually change the name before sending, but this gets very +> repetitive and annoying. +> +> +> Is there any way to add names to the "alternate e-mails" setting in the +> .notmuch-config file? + +I don't think so. I use some elisp hooks within emacs interface for +similar functionality but this wouldn't help in your case. + +> I've tried switching to the standard "My Name" and it then +> completely fails to even detect that e-mail address as mine. + +This should not be too hard to implement. There are gmime functions for +email address manipulations which can be used to parse email addresses +from .notmuch-config and to separate names from addresses. + +Regards, +-Michal